In America the 1st amendment gives american citizens the right of free press. This means that all journalists, writers, reporters, etc…can not be controlled or restricted by the government. Unless the information they report is directly threatening to the safety of other Americans. Sadly there are over 50 countries that do not have this right. Among these countries is Russia.
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Does Russia meet the International Code of Practice for the Safe Conduct of Journalism?
The International Code of Practice for the Safe Conduct of Journalism is that the government can not make any laws prohibiting the freedom of the press and they can not hurt any person who reports information that they do not like. Being a reporter in Russia is not the best idea as it is the most dangerous profession in the country. More than 120 reporters have been killed and it appears as if the Russian government has done nothing to stop this and will continue to do so. ”As a result, journalism has become the most dangerous profession in Russia. And a variety of international watchdog organizations concerned with media freedom have proclaimed that country to be a very perilous place for a journalist to work.”(Goble).99% of the news stories in Russia do not even focus on what is actually happening in the country(such as the deaths of reporters), but on the rulers such as Vladimir Putin. Like our founding fathers said free press is more important than free government and in Russia this is not the case. On top of the fact that there are no reports of journalism related murders, only 10% of The Russian population even bothers to read the newspaper. In the magazine article by Paul Goble he states, "From a time when most Russians read four or five newspapers a day, now fewer than 10 percent read a newspaper at all, and 85 percent get all their news from television."(Goble)
Journalism Heroes of Russia
A regular man, Andrei Mirnov whowent through 2 years of prison tells his story of the crimes that took place during the Stalin era to a Baltimore reporter who uses this story to tell about the soviets unions death struggles and stories of freedom and hardship.”Shane accents the Soviet Union's death throes with personal stories of travail and liberation."(Taylor) The State Russia Is In Right Now
Russia right is in a major conflict with Ukraine. Russia is invading Ukraine, and many casualties are occurring because of this. Russia is telling all of their citizens that they are the good ones fighting the bad, meanwhile most spectators of this situation disagree with what Russia has to say. This leads to Russia banning certain social medias, like Facebook and Twitter, so the Russian's don't have the other side of the story. Nearly 3627 soldiers have been wounded. Also, they are just discovering oil in Russia, which can be a good and bad thing. Good as in more oil, bad as in they won't share the oil with anyone. What Is Russia Limiting?
Russia is limiting many sources of press and social media outside of the country. Outsiders are calling this a violation of human rights. Russia thinks that they are doing the right thing by blocking social media outlets while other countries around the world agree that this is unfair and unconstitutional. It seems as if the Russians don't want their citizens to know the other side of the story.
Are There Any Violations of Human Rights?
clearly through the blocking of many different url's and social medias, this is a clear way of showing that this is a violation of human rights. Not only should any person choose what they want to see, but they shouldn't be told if they want to see something they cant see it! Any human being should see what they want to see and learn what they want to learn. Just because Russia is in a conflict with another country doesn't mean that people cant learn about the conflict in 2 perspectives.
Sources:
"Goble, Paul. 'Russia's Most Dangerous Profession.' World and I Aug. 2001: 60. General OneFile. Web. 9 Oct. 2014." World and I. 16.8 (Aug. 2001): P60: n. pag. Rpt. in World and I. N.p.: n.p., n.d. N. pag. Print.
"Richardson, Paul A. 'For better or worse.' Russian Life Sept.-Oct. 2014: 4. General OneFile. Web. 10 Oct. 2014." Russian Life: n. pag. Rpt. in f. N.p.: n.p., n.d. N. pag. Print.
Russia: Reporter Who Was Beaten Says Media Freedom Is Shrinking. Print
Taylor, Gilbert. "Dismantling Utopia: How Information Ended the Soviet Union." Booklist 15 Mar. 1994: 1310. General OneFile. Web. 9 Oct. 2014. Print.
"'US support for Russian democracy.' US Department of State Dispatch 29 Mar. 1993: 177. General OneFile. Web. 9 Oct. 2014." N.d. Digital file. "US support for Russian democracy." US Department of State Dispatch 29 Mar. 1993: 177. General OneFile. Web. 9 Oct. 2014.
Oct 07, 2014 (Daily Independent/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX)
ExxonMobil Discovers Oil in Russia
"RUSSIAN SUPREME COURT RULES IN SUPPORT OF MEDIA FREEDOM, SAYS OSCE REPRESENTATIVE." States News Service 27 Mar. 2014. General OneFile. Web. 13 Oct. 2014.
VIENNA, Austria
Nearly 1,000 Ukrainian troops have died in clashes with separatists - Kiev
"Muzzling through." The American Spectator: n. pag. Rpt. in ...
KREMLIN TIGHTENS CENSORSHIP AS TENSIONS OVER UKRAINE INCREASE
NOT
ES FROM MR FISHON
YOUR CURRENT EVENT INFO IS GOOD, BUT NEEDS TO HAVE CITATIONS. ALSO, IT IS NOT GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT.
THIS IS NOT A TEXT MESSAGE - YOU HAVE TO CAPITALIZE WHERE APPROPRIATE.
IMAGINE THIS IS THE ONLY SITE A PERSON CAN GO TO SO S/HE CAN LEARN ABOUT FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IN RUSSIA. YOU NEED TO ASSUME THE PERSON KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE WRITING ABOUT. EDUCATE THEM WITH BACKGROUND, EXPLANATIONS, ETC.
In America the 1st amendment gives american citizens the right of free press. This means that all journalists, writers, reporters, etc…can not be controlled or restricted by the government. Unless the information they report is directly threatening to the safety of other Americans. Sadly there are over 50 countries that do not have this right. Among these countries is Russia.
Does Russia meet the International Code of Practice for the Safe Conduct of Journalism?
The International Code of Practice for the Safe Conduct of Journalism is that the government can not make any laws prohibiting the freedom of the press and they can not hurt any person who reports information that they do not like. Being a reporter in Russia is not the best idea as it is the most dangerous profession in the country. More than 120 reporters have been killed and it appears as if the Russian government has done nothing to stop this and will continue to do so. ”As a result, journalism has become the most dangerous profession in Russia. And a variety of international watchdog organizations concerned with media freedom have proclaimed that country to be a very perilous place for a journalist to work.”(Goble).99% of the news stories in Russia do not even focus on what is actually happening in the country(such as the deaths of reporters), but on the rulers such as Vladimir Putin. Like our founding fathers said free press is more important than free government and in Russia this is not the case. On top of the fact that there are no reports of journalism related murders, only 10% of The Russian population even bothers to read the newspaper. In the magazine article by Paul Goble he states, "From a time when most Russians read four or five newspapers a day, now fewer than 10 percent read a newspaper at all, and 85 percent get all their news from television."(Goble)
Journalism Heroes of Russia
A regular man, Andrei Mirnov whowent through 2 years of prison tells his story of the crimes that took place during the Stalin era to a Baltimore reporter who uses this story to tell about the soviets unions death struggles and stories of freedom and hardship.”Shane accents the Soviet Union's death throes with personal stories of travail and liberation."(Taylor)
The State Russia Is In Right Now
Russia right is in a major conflict with Ukraine. Russia is invading Ukraine, and many casualties are occurring because of this. Russia is telling all of their citizens that they are the good ones fighting the bad, meanwhile most spectators of this situation disagree with what Russia has to say. This leads to Russia banning certain social medias, like Facebook and Twitter, so the Russian's don't have the other side of the story. Nearly 3627 soldiers have been wounded. Also, they are just discovering oil in Russia, which can be a good and bad thing. Good as in more oil, bad as in they won't share the oil with anyone.
What Is Russia Limiting?
Russia is limiting many sources of press and social media outside of the country. Outsiders are calling this a violation of human rights. Russia thinks that they are doing the right thing by blocking social media outlets while other countries around the world agree that this is unfair and unconstitutional. It seems as if the Russians don't want their citizens to know the other side of the story.
Are There Any Violations of Human Rights?
clearly through the blocking of many different url's and social medias, this is a clear way of showing that this is a violation of human rights. Not only should any person choose what they want to see, but they shouldn't be told if they want to see something they cant see it! Any human being should see what they want to see and learn what they want to learn. Just because Russia is in a conflict with another country doesn't mean that people cant learn about the conflict in 2 perspectives.
Sources:
"Goble, Paul. 'Russia's Most Dangerous Profession.' World and I Aug. 2001: 60.
General OneFile. Web. 9 Oct. 2014." World and I. 16.8 (Aug. 2001): P60: n.
pag. Rpt. in World and I. N.p.: n.p., n.d. N. pag. Print.
"Richardson, Paul A. 'For better or worse.' Russian Life Sept.-Oct. 2014: 4.
General OneFile. Web. 10 Oct. 2014." Russian Life: n. pag. Rpt. in f. N.p.:
n.p., n.d. N. pag. Print.
Russia: Reporter Who Was Beaten Says Media Freedom Is Shrinking. Print
Taylor, Gilbert. "Dismantling Utopia: How Information Ended the Soviet Union."
Booklist 15 Mar. 1994: 1310. General OneFile. Web. 9 Oct. 2014. Print.
"'US support for Russian democracy.' US Department of State Dispatch 29 Mar.
1993: 177. General OneFile. Web. 9 Oct. 2014." N.d. Digital file. "US
support for Russian democracy." US Department of State
Dispatch 29 Mar. 1993: 177. General OneFile. Web. 9
Oct. 2014.
Oct 07, 2014 (Daily Independent/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX)
ExxonMobil Discovers Oil in Russia
"RUSSIAN SUPREME COURT RULES IN SUPPORT OF MEDIA FREEDOM, SAYS OSCE REPRESENTATIVE." States News Service 27 Mar. 2014. General OneFile. Web. 13 Oct. 2014.
VIENNA, Austria
Nearly 1,000 Ukrainian troops have died in clashes with separatists - Kiev
"Muzzling through." The American Spectator: n. pag. Rpt. in ...
KREMLIN TIGHTENS CENSORSHIP AS TENSIONS OVER UKRAINE INCREASE
NOT
ES FROM MR FISHON
YOUR CURRENT EVENT INFO IS GOOD, BUT NEEDS TO HAVE CITATIONS. ALSO, IT IS NOT GRAMMATICALLY CORRECT.
THIS IS NOT A TEXT MESSAGE - YOU HAVE TO CAPITALIZE WHERE APPROPRIATE.
IMAGINE THIS IS THE ONLY SITE A PERSON CAN GO TO SO S/HE CAN LEARN ABOUT FREEDOM OF THE PRESS IN RUSSIA. YOU NEED TO ASSUME THE PERSON KNOWS NOTHING ABOUT WHAT YOU ARE WRITING ABOUT. EDUCATE THEM WITH BACKGROUND, EXPLANATIONS, ETC.